Mushroom Hour

The Mushroom Hour Podcast

Science EN ↓ 199 episodes

Hi there...welcome to Mushroom Hour. Listen in as we venture into kingdom fungi with unique and beautiful humans who all share a passion for mushrooms. We'll go forage for wild mushrooms, explore their potency as nature's medicines, become citizen mycologists, transform human consciousness and learn how mushrooms inspired art, spirituality and culture throughout our history. There are so many ways that mushrooms can benefit (wo)mankind - we just need to tap into the mycelium network and let them share their gifts. Excited to have you along for the journey! Mush Love

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Ep. 201: Hiro Technologies - Plastic-Eating Fungi & Nature's Favorite Diaper (feat. Tero Isokauppila) 05.06.2026 54:26

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/iamtero/?hl=en https://hirodiapers.com/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pestalotiopsis_microspora MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.c...

Ep. 200: Mycorrhizal Community Assembly, Soil Carbon and Fungal Necromass (feat. Dr. Peter Kennedy) 14.04.2026 1:12:52

GUEST: https://cbs.umn.edu/directory/peter-kennedy https://cbs.umn.edu/kennedy-lab MENTIONS: https://plantandmicrobiology.berkeley.edu/people/tom-bruns https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizopogon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus_sibiricus https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26365785/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://www.instagram.com/mush...

Ep. 199: Natural Navigator - How to Read Trees, Water and Sky Footprints (feat. Tristan Gooley) 04.04.2026 1:01:44

GUEST: https://www.naturalnavigator.com/books-and-library/ https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/thenaturalnavigator MENTIONS: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11468377-thinking-fast-and-slow MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://www.instagram.com/mushroomhourpodcast https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only...

Ep. 198: Red House Architecture – Pioneering Mycelium Materials in Namibia, Cleveland & Outer Space (feat. Christopher Maurer) 20.02.2026 1:02:22

GUEST: https://www.redhousearchitecture.org/ https://www.instagram.com/redhousestudioarchitecture MENTIONS: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=A6Ud3q0AAAAJ&hl=en https://www.namibian.com.na/meet-the-trees-of-namibia-the-black-thorn-tree-acacia-mellifera-subsp-detinens-part-1/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_...

Ep. 197: Mycocosmic - Underworlds, Hope, Poetry & Fungal Intelligence (feat. Lesley Wheeler) 23.11.2025 54:59

GUEST: https://lesleywheeler.org/mycocosmic/ https://www.wlu.edu/profile/wheeler-lesley MENTIONS: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Venus-of-Willendorf MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncri...

Ep. 196: Think Fungi - Ottawa's Crown Lands & the Great North American Fungi Quest (feat. Robert Courteau) 12.10.2025 1:00:27

GUEST: https://thinkfungi.org/ https://www.instagram.com/thinkfungi/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrolepiota_procera https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatineau_Park https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypomyces_lactifluorum https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydnum_repandum MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroo...

Ep. 195: Oaklore - Adventures in a World of Extraordinary Trees (feat. Jules Acton) 24.08.2025 58:18

GUEST: https://x.com/julesacton?lang=en https://shop.woodlandtrust.org.uk/oaklore MENTIONS: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/a-z-of-british-trees/sessile-oak/ https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/boscobel-house-and-the-royal-oak/history/charles-ii-and-the-royal-oak/ https://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/gbr/england/wiltshire/2379_savern...

Ep. 194: The Bristol Fungarium - History, Science and Healing Potential of Fungi 21.07.2025 59:26

GUEST: https://bristolfungarium.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bristolfungarium/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganoderic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hericium_erinaceus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergothioneine MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour...

Ep. 193: Appalachian Forager - Go Forth and Forage (feat. Whitney Johnson) 21.06.2025 57:33

GUEST: https://bookshop.org/p/books/go-forth-and-forage-a-guide-to-foraging-over-50-of-the-most-common-edible-medicinal-north-american-mushrooms-whitney-johnson/21618294?ean=9780760392751&next=t https://appalachianforager.com/home https://www.instagram.com/appalachian_forager/ https://www.tiktok.com/@appalachian_forager MENTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/bluegrassm...

Ep. 192: Wildwise Botanicals & Mycology in the Ozarks (feat. Michael Snyder) 07.06.2025 59:47

GUEST: https://www.wildwisebotanicals.com/ https://www.instagram.com/wildwisebotanicals/ MENTIONS: https://momyco.org/ https://www.amazon.com/Missouris-Wild-Mushrooms-Maxine-Stone/dp/1887247742 https://namyco.org/ https://mycota.com/ https://www.fs.usda.gov/r09/marktwain MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushro...

Ep. 191: Mycoventures - Celebrating Culinary Mushrooms in Community (feat. Julie Schreiber) 05.05.2025 58:48

GUEST: https://chezjulies.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chezjuliesconsultingwinemaker/ MENTIONS: http://www.mycoventures.com/ https://www.somamushrooms.org/ https://namyco.org/ https://www.cafebeaujolais.com/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music cour...

Ep. 190: Myco-Molasses, Mushroom Extracts and the Powers of Fermentation (feat. Wade Fox) 18.04.2025 55:38

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/foxamongbears/ https://www.patreon.com/foxamongbears MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus_oryzae https://www.bioc.co.jp/en/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbamele https://www.consciousacrefarm.com/morelfest MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https:/...

Ep. 189: Mycota Labs - Documenting the Fungal Biodiversity of North America (feat. Dr. Stephen Russell) 17.02.2025 58:31

GUEST: https://mycota.com/ MENTIONS: https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=274169 https://www.inaturalist.org/ http://ww.calalive.org/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://pecktheto...

Ep. 188: The Female Forager - Mushrooms Changing Medicine & Amanita Alleviating Addiction (feat. Alexandra Lea) 07.02.2025 57:52

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/the_female_forager/ https://www.facebook.com/thefemaleforager/ MENTIONS: https://www.facebook.com/groups/MushroomSpottersUK/?locale=en_GB https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fomitopsis_betulina https://hifasdaterra.com/en/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria https://www.amanitadreamer.net/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomu...

Ep. 187: Richer than Gold - The Fungal Biodiversity of Ecuador (feat. Daniel Newman) 20.01.2025 43:49

GUEST: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel_Newman10 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10326184/ MENTIONS: https://college.lclark.edu/departments/biology/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lincoff https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/415949.Mushrooms_Demystified https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Singer https://www.corenewal.org/ https://www.business...

Ep. 186: High-Impact Technology - Mobile Mushroom Farms, Electro-Chemical Fuel Cells (feat. Inventor Michael) 29.11.2024 1:14:26

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/inventor_michael/ https://www.cleantecsystems.com/ MENTIONS: https://www.instagram.com/mr_fungitarian/ https://www.instagram.com/windycitymushroom/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only...

Ep. 184: Ergosterol, Ergothioneine and Mushrooms Supporting Pregnancy (feat. Dr. Anna Sitkoff) 10.11.2024 56:04

GUEST: https://www.drannasitkoff.com/ https://www.instagram.com/drannasitkoff/ https://lucidummedicinals.com/ MENTIONS: https://bastyr.edu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodofomes_cajanderi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoporus_volvatus MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welc...

Ep. 185: A New Soil Paradigm: "Kiss the Ground" and "Common Ground" (feat. Ryland Engelhart) 10.11.2024 55:21

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/lovebeingryland/ https://www.bigfoolishproject.com/ MENTIONS: https://kissthegroundmovie.com/ https://commongroundfilm.org/ https://100millionacres.org/ Graeme Sait: https://blog.nutri-tech.com.au/author/graeme-sait/ https://understandingag.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@carboncowboys MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhou...

Ep. 183: Cheerful Apocalypse, Biological Abstraction & Creating Art from Within (feat. Stephanie Kilgast) 18.08.2024 57:49

GUEST: https://www.stephaniekilgast.com/ https://www.instagram.com/petitplat MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicornia MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TOPICS C...

Ep. 182: The Mushroom Hunter's Kitchen & Inspiration from Catalonia (feat. Chad Hyatt) 26.07.2024 59:39

GUEST: https://www.themushroomhunterskitchen.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Mushroom-Hunters-Kitchen-Chad-Hyatt/dp/1732757100 MENTIONS: https://www.amazon.com/Mushrooms-Demystified-David-Arora/dp/0898151694 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalonia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula_brevipes MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welc...

Ep. 181: Sage & Sovereignty - Regenerative Agriculture, Food Systems & Soil Wealth (feat. Mollie Engelhart) 01.07.2024 1:06:30

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/chefmollie/ https://www.instagram.com/thekindsage/ https://www.instagram.com/sovereigntyranch/ MENTIONS: https://regenified.com/ https://www.dreamingofavetterworld.com/ https://whiteoakpastures.com/pages/our-team MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.c...

Ep. 180: A Quickly Changing Kaleidoscope & the Updated Psilocybin Mushroom Bible (feat. Virginia Haze & Dr K Mandrake) 25.06.2024 57:04

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/themushroombible/ https://thepsilocybinmushroombible.substack.com/ https://www.amazon.com/d/Books/Psilocybin-Mushroom-Bible-Definitive-Mushrooms/1937866289/ MENTIONS: https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/d.nutt https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/r.carhart-harris https://themicrodose.substack.com/ https://www.entheogenesis.org/ MUSHROOM H...

Ep. 179: Fungivore - Thai Mycophagy and Mushroom Adventures in Oaxaca (feat. Zach & Kim Hunter) 15.06.2024 1:03:40

GUEST: https://thefungivore.com/index.html https://www.instagram.com/the_fungivore/ https://www.instagram.com/thisiskimqi/ MENTIONS: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/may/01/fewer-wildfires-great-biodiversity-what-is-the-secret-to-the-success-of-mexicos-forests Amanita princeps : https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/9078 "undescribed purplish bitter Tylop...

Ep. 178: Myconaut - Remediating PFAS, Regenerative Agriculture, Mycelium Technologies (feat. Ryan Iacovacci) 01.06.2024 57:10

GUEST: https://myconaut.space/ MENTIONS: https://advancingecoag.com/ https://www.theremediators.com/ https://zachbushmd.com/ MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welcometomushroomhour.com https://instagram.com/welcome_to_mushroom_hour https://tiktok.com/@welcome_to_mushroom_hour Show Music courtesy of the one and only Chris Peck: https://peckthetowncrier.bandcamp.com/ TO...

Ep. 177: The Plants of the Appalachian Trail with Kaydubs the Hiking Scientist (feat. Kristen Wickert) 21.05.2024 56:50

GUEST: https://www.instagram.com/kaydubsthehikingscientist/ https://www.patreon.com/Kaydubsthehikingscientist https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/dr-kristen-wickert/the-plants-of-the-appalachian-trail/9781643260402/ MENTIONS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mountains_(New_England) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophyllum_commune MUSHROOM HOUR: https://welco...